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 Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:18 am
((Rose/Ice, you know the drill^^))
Soho was pouting. Happy, maybe, after all the new baby was adorable! But still pouting. SHE was supposed to be the baby around here! And now all the big females in the house were cooing and awing over the new baby and she was left sitting out on the table in the back, painting her toenails with her black paint. She pulled her hand back, admiring her work for a moment before going on to her next toe.
Too bad the paint washed off so quickly.
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:26 am
"Ruby," said a voice that was meant to be mildly damning but instead was totally indulgent, "I do declare, black's not a colour for toenails."
And there was Burgundia at the door, and then standing by her: the expression on her face pretty much confirmed that though babies came and went, Soho could always rely on an unlimited source of adoration from her big sister. Really big sister, now. Dee sat down next to her, crossing her legs demurely, watching her sister's toenail artistry.
"Black's just not nice, darlin'," she said primly. "You're surely too pretty a girl to do the... What's it called? .... Gosh thing? Gorth?"
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:29 am
"DEEEE!!!" Soho screamed, jumping to her feet and racing to tackle her sister. But her sister was so much taller that it probably wouldn't make too much of an impact. She wrapped her arms around Dee's waist and looked up at her, speaking at a mile a minute.
"Iwasthinkingitwouldgo withmycolorsbecause I'mred andblackandwhiteand-- I've missed you SO much!!" She finished with a gigantic grin.
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:37 am
Burgundia pushed Soho's pale hair out of her face, usual pensive expression broken to give a smile down to her beloved little sister. The hugs were more awkward to give now; but she could lean down and wrap her arms around Ruby and kiss her on the forehead.
"I've surely missed you altogether too much," she murmured. "I was just frantic all the time you were away. But it looks like Cousin Silva and Cousin Aleric brought you home all in one piece. Thank God. It's awful without you, you know," Dee said candidly. "I do love you terribly. Why are you up here all on your lonesome? Did you get my letters? I left 'em with Miz. Ice."
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:42 am
"I did! I'm still reading them all." She said with a happy smile. She didn't mention that half the time she had to find a dictionary to help. What mattered was that Dee had written her! "And Ice got a new baby and this metal thing, and everybody's paying attention to him." She ended with a pout, her bottom lip sticking out just slightly.
"So I came out here to paint my toes because it's so pretty out!" She finished, smiling once again. "The baby's awfully cute, though." She added with a sigh, as if that wasn't quite a good thing.
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:47 am
"Oo-oh, well," Dee said, with a slow frown. "Babies are one thing, Ruby, but nothing's as cute as you. Babies just need a bushel of attention, that's all. God love you, Ruby, you're a large sight cuter than any baby."
She looked mildly annoyed that anybody was doing Soho a disservice, even unconsciously, and absently ran her fingers through the sides of the juvie's hair. "I do know how you feel, though," she admitted, nose wrinkling. "We just... Got a new baby back home, so to speak. Not that I mind, but... She takes a lot of time. God provides, darlin'. Why, it's obvious She spent a little extra time on you."
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:50 am
"You're so sweet, Dee." Soho said, hugging her more tightly before reaching for her hand. "Come over here! I can paint your nails, too! If you want I can go get a different color! I've got red and purple and white... we could make pink! And I've got blue, too! Blue would look good on you!"
She paused. "You've got a new baby, too?"
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:55 am
Dee took Soho's hand, pulling away the black piece of cloth that was draped over one shoulder and her hip with the other; she dropped it down as she squeezed her sister's fingers, resigned to girly things. "Yes. Rose-mama got a new little juvenile who came because... Anyway, she's come, so that's that. How about a little red? Or pink, maybe? Blue would probably make me look sallow. You'd look a-dor-a-ble in pink."
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:58 am
"You think? I thought it would clash with my red." Soho said. "Stay here and I'll be right back!" She said, zipping off to Ice's room and coming back a few seconds later with the red and white paint juggling in her hands. She dropped down on the table, motioning for Dee to sit down so she could start.
"It's a feien?" Soho asked. "What's she like? Is she pretty? Is she nice? I wouldn't want you to live with a not nice feien!" She added, looking slightly worried as she mixed the red with the white on the table.
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:06 am
Burgundia immediately slipped to a half-lounging position, propping herself up on her elbow, chin in her palm as she watched Soho's hands. She obviously thought about the situation before she answered.
"Her name is Marne and she's just a button taller than you," she said. "Pretty... I guess; she's got red hair and that always makes me think of ginger cats. She's nowhere near you, though don't let that go to your head; you've always been the prettiest I've ever seen. Vanity's a sin in the eyes of God. But you are very pretty," her sister said indulgently. "As for nice, she's... ... ... very up, close and personal. Put a little more red in, if it's too pale it is gonna clash with you, darlin'."
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:09 am
Soho nodded and added more red to the mixture. "Yeah, I thought it would." She said. "But she sounds nice! I mean, it could be worse, right? But I should tell you about my adventure! See, we ran into a friend of Mister Silva Demon's. She's a real amazon pirate! And she went with us to New York and took us to the field where there were these crazy animals!"
She looked at the paint, satisfied with the color and reached for Dee's hand to start painting her nails.
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:12 am
Dee obediently let her nails be painted, watching the process curiously. She had never really tried anything fashonable other than her wraps: of course, the entire system would have reeked 'painted jezebel' to her when she'd been a juvenile, but adulthood was making her mellow slightly. "Crazy animals? Does that mean you were out doing dangerous things? You didn't get hurt or scared, did you?"
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:17 am
"I was very, very brave!" She announced proudly. "I flew through the birds and when one tried to attack me Mister Silva Demon tackled him and slammed him to the ground and broke his leg!" She said. "Then I got to the bush and flew through it to get to the roots and help Aleric get his flute out from under them!" She went on. Her very own adventure, and she was the star! She was so proud of herself that she completely forgot how much she had hated it at the time.
"And there was a crash and a boom! and a gigantic feien eating bear came through the trees and we rushed to Penn! And rode away before he could get to us." She finished with a nod, reaching for the other hand. "Pink looks very pretty on you." She added.
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:21 am
"Cousin Aleric broke his leg?" Dee's eyes narrowed: if Aleric's leg was ready to be broken, small and delicate Soho was probably in a lot more danger. "A bear? You really saw a bear? Cousin Silva let you see a bear? What if you had been killed stone dead?"
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:23 am
"No, no, no, Mister Silva Demon broke the BIRD'S leg. The one that tried to attack me? And We were long gone before the bear could have eaten us." Soho said with a nod. "It was so cool!"
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